EUP News
New PhD and Postdoc Positions
We’re looking to fill new PhD and postdoc positions in the European Politics research group at ETH.
New Horizon Europe Project - InvigoratEU | Preparing Europe for its future
From January 1, 2024, InvigoratEU - a new Horizon Europe project coordinated by the EU-Chair at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) together with the Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) in Berlin - will examine how the EU can structure its future relations with its eastern neighbours and the countries of the Western Balkans.
Assistant professorship for former EUP postdoctoral reseracher Ronja Sczepanski at Sciences Po Paris
In December, former EUP group member Ronja Sczepanski has started as an Assistant Professor, working on Democratic Tensions in the European Union at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Research at Sciences Po Paris.
SNSF Starting Grant for Project on "Public Reinsurance"
EUP postdoctoral researcher Christian Freudlsperger was awarded a Starting Grant by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for his project "Public Reinsurance in Multilevel Polities (EUROPE RE)". The five-year project will be funded with 1.8 million CHF and hosted at ETH. It seeks to develop a novel understanding of the European Union as a provider of "public reinsurance" against transboundary risks such as military conflict, pandemics, and climate change.
Full Professorship in European Studies at the University of Fribourg for former EUP Senior Researcher Natasha Wunsch
Already in February 2023, former EUP member Natasha Wunsch took up a full professorship in European Studies at the University of Fribourg (CH), where she is also Co-Director of the Centre for European Studies. She switched fully to Fribourg from August. Her Ambizione project "Democratic Backsliding in Eastern Europe: Sequences, Strategies, Citizens" will continue to be hosted at the European Politics Group until February 2024.
Building a New Future for EU enlargement
In this interview with Mariam Khotenashvili, the Executive Director of the Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA), Frank Schimmelfennig explores the ins and outs of the new enlargement agenda of the European Union.
"The EU won’t become a defense alliance like NATO"
In an interview with ETH News, ETH Zurich Professor Frank Schimmelfennig analyses how the war in Ukraine is affecting the European Union and whether Ukraine is likely to be granted membership.
Jana Lipps and Dominik Schraff awarded ECSA-AEI Best Article Prize
The European Community Studies Association Germany (Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration e.V.) awarded the prize for the best article on European integration authored by a junior scholar of German citizenship or affiliated with a German University in 2021.
Frank Schimmelfennig awarded JEPP Editors’ Special Prize
The Journal of European Public Policy awarded its 2021 Editors’ Special Prize to Frank Schimmelfennig for his long-standing contribution to the journal.
ERC Advanced Grant for Project on “Bordering Europe”
Frank Schimmelfennig was awarded an Advanced Grant by the European Research Council for his project “Bordering Europe: Boundary Formation in European Integration”.